MANILA, Philippines – The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is still the the employers' most preferred source of fresh graduate hires, Jobstreet announced in its 2018 Fresh Graduates Report as released on Wednesday, April 18.

PUP, a state-owned higher educational institution, dominated in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and second on manufacturing, information technology (I.T.) and banking.

According to the report, PUP graduates were chosen by the employers because companies believe in the University's reputation of producing quality graduates and eventual employees.

Jobstreet also highlighted PUP graduates' positive attitude and work ethics as employees.

The University of the Philippines (UP) and Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) ranked second and third, respectively. UP is the school of choice for manufacturing and education while ADMU is for retail industry.